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all of this comes after the obama administration's much hyped policy of pushing the reset button with russia. so despite a major effort by barack obama to improve relations with russia, there is very little trust or friendship. in moscow the fear is things could get even worse if mitt romney wins and lives up to the language he has been using during the campaign. >> we'll be talking about a new cold war if romney is serious about what he is saying. >> reporter: but there are also people who believe barack obama should have been much tougher with russia. commentator, constantine van eggert is one of them, but he admits very new russians agree with him. >> in this particular time of the so-called reset, he was perceived as someone who is negotiating with russia from the position of weakness, and that meant that russian decisionmakers and putin himself thought they could push the button further. >> reporter: there is a list of sensitive issues the next u.s. president will have to address with russia. his challenge will be preventing an already frosty relationship turning very cold. >> ph
all of this comes after the obama administration's much hyped policy of pushing the reset button with russia. so despite a major effort by barack obama to improve relations with russia, there is very little trust or friendship. in moscow the fear is things could get even worse if mitt romney wins and lives up to the language he has been using during the campaign. >> we'll be talking about a new cold war if romney is serious about what he is saying. >> reporter: but there are also...
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about four years ago when the first obama administration came in, eric holder signalled that they were not going to prosecute, go after medical marijuana in states that had approved it. since that time, a huge medical marijuana industry has popped up here. we have about 500 medical marijuana stores here and over 100,000 people on the medical marijuana registry. even though it's still against federal law, medical or not, so the advocates here are hoping that at the minimum they'll get that kind of wink and a nod sort of for the federal government. it still doesn't really settle anything, but that's their sort of early stage hope. they're realistic and know that this could well end up in court, and as you heard in the piece, they are ready to fight for what they call the will of colorado voters. >> so in the meantime here, if you're one of these people who is smoking in colorado or you want to smoke in colorado, could you get arrested, or it's just considered legal and it's okay? >> well, you're not going to get arrested in the short-term because it would really take, i guess, federal au
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administration strategy or this doctrine that the obama administration called leading from behind. specifically libya when the white house in a calculated let france and britain take lead in establishing this no-fly zone, and the u.s. played assist. romney is calling that leading from behind as following. very different than what we saw from president bush with his own preemptive first strike doctrine forging the war in iraq and using it as justification for his war on terror. what do you think american voters are more comfortable with? do you think that it is the bush preemptive approach that resonates with voters, or is it really more about what president obama is trying to do? >> there's clearly no great desire on the part of the american public to get involved in wars. once again, as was the case with iraq, for example. it's completely militarily, even though, as you and i know, the situation in iraq is deteriorating, and romney makes some valid points about the reduction of democracy under the government of prime minister nuri al maliki and its alignment with its neighbor iran
administration strategy or this doctrine that the obama administration called leading from behind. specifically libya when the white house in a calculated let france and britain take lead in establishing this no-fly zone, and the u.s. played assist. romney is calling that leading from behind as following. very different than what we saw from president bush with his own preemptive first strike doctrine forging the war in iraq and using it as justification for his war on terror. what do you think...
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the obama administration argued against the sweeping state provisions. on the one, show me your papers requirement, they left that in place, and janet, the governor of arz as jan brewer says this, today's decision by the supreme court is a victory for the rule of law. how do you see it? >> i think there's no question that for us, we see the ruling, even though it wasa narrow, it' still a big problem. not just latinos and immigrants in this country, but for everyone, for every american. and i do think that striking down the other provisions, is a victory that we can claim, but it is hugely problematic. a real threat, i think to the civil rights of anyone to have any part of section 2b, the show me your papers provision in place, allowing state and local law enforcement officials to basically determine the immigration status of anyone they stop is a huge problem and it should be left to the federal authorities. i think the supreme court tried to narrow that impact, but for us, it still puts a bull's-eye on the backs of many latinos in this country. >> you
the obama administration argued against the sweeping state provisions. on the one, show me your papers requirement, they left that in place, and janet, the governor of arz as jan brewer says this, today's decision by the supreme court is a victory for the rule of law. how do you see it? >> i think there's no question that for us, we see the ruling, even though it wasa narrow, it' still a big problem. not just latinos and immigrants in this country, but for everyone, for every american....
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you know, the real question here -- i think this is like someone in the obama administration rob bed a bank, the news media right now would say, oh, my heavens, what an outrage, this man over here, romney, is pointing out that the obama administration robbed a bank. >> is that blaming the media? >> yes, it is. >> that obama got a free pass? >> yes, it is. i think i'm absolutely right about that. it wasn't mitt romney who undermined mubarak in egypt after supporting him and displayed american weakness. it wasn't mitt romney who went into libya at the same time he announced he was getting out, leading from behind, weakness in vasilation. it wasn't mitt romney who stood in front of medevev and said give me a break on this missile thing. i'll be more flexible after the election. weakness and v aasc illation emboldens our enemies. i think we're seeing the results. i'm very proud of romney for taking -- >> i think many americans want that debate. i did read through his policy stance on israel, iran. the only difference is the tone. does romney believe talking tougher will make the differen
you know, the real question here -- i think this is like someone in the obama administration rob bed a bank, the news media right now would say, oh, my heavens, what an outrage, this man over here, romney, is pointing out that the obama administration robbed a bank. >> is that blaming the media? >> yes, it is. >> that obama got a free pass? >> yes, it is. i think i'm absolutely right about that. it wasn't mitt romney who undermined mubarak in egypt after supporting him...
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mitt romney is standing by his line of attack against the obama administration. >> a terrible course for america to stand in apology for our values. that instead when our grounds are being attacked and being breached, that the first response to the united states must be outrage at the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. an apology for america's values is never the right course. >> governor romney -- >> here's the background on how this all played out. before the attacks u.s. embassy in cairo issued a statement that the romney camp says apologized for anti-muslim activity in the united states. it said "the embassy condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of muslims, as we condemn efforts to offend believers of all religions." well, that prompted the white house quickly to release another public statement saying that they -- the cairo embassy remarks were "not clear." secretary of state issued her own statement condemning the attacks. that was not quick enough for the romney campaign, so the romney campaign issued a statement saying i
mitt romney is standing by his line of attack against the obama administration. >> a terrible course for america to stand in apology for our values. that instead when our grounds are being attacked and being breached, that the first response to the united states must be outrage at the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. an apology for america's values is never the right course. >> governor romney -- >> here's the background on how this all played out. before the attacks...
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for the critics going after the obama administration saying that they've dropped the ball on libya, i don't think that's going to take care of this. as you pointed out a while ago the president did not answer a question on this but that will come up tonight in some form and the president will have to deal with it. >> paul steinhauser, let's bring you in. the town hall format, questions from voters themselves and it makes it harder for the president to be aggressive with mitt romney. what are the things to look out for tonight? >> exactly. something dan and i were talking about. the president has to tiptoe between being aggressive and play together audience. that's the first of the five things we're looking at, playing to the audience, connecting with the audience. a different debate than it was two weeks ago. the candidate who connects with the audience will connect better with the audience at home and probably win the debate. another thing, how aggressive is president obama going to be? a fighter like joe biden or not? that is a tightrope he's got to walk. women's issues. this is cru
for the critics going after the obama administration saying that they've dropped the ball on libya, i don't think that's going to take care of this. as you pointed out a while ago the president did not answer a question on this but that will come up tonight in some form and the president will have to deal with it. >> paul steinhauser, let's bring you in. the town hall format, questions from voters themselves and it makes it harder for the president to be aggressive with mitt romney. what...
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. >>> we start with politics and the obama administration giving in to florida. the state will now have access to a department of homeland security data base on immigrants. part of florida's effort to clear illegal voters off their voter rolls. florida d sued the government for access to the data base. the federal government had challenged florida's efforts in court but lost. >>> to washington now. it's going to be a big week for ben bernanke on. tuesday the federal reserve chairman is scheduled to testify before the senate for his semi annual report on the economy. he's required to appear twice a year. in addition to questions about additional stimulus policies, he could be asked about libor and the u.k. rate fixing scandal that's impacted roughly $10 trillion in loans around the world. that's your credit card rate, your car loan perhaps, and maybe even your home mortgage. >>> in other politics, secretary of state hillary clinton is in egypt this morning wrapping up meetings with top officials including the head of the country's military. it comes a day after cl
. >>> we start with politics and the obama administration giving in to florida. the state will now have access to a department of homeland security data base on immigrants. part of florida's effort to clear illegal voters off their voter rolls. florida d sued the government for access to the data base. the federal government had challenged florida's efforts in court but lost. >>> to washington now. it's going to be a big week for ben bernanke on. tuesday the federal reserve...
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i'm demanding you tell me, obama administration, jay carney, susan rice, why you tell me you did have an affirmative answer. you didn't tell me you don't know. you told me you did have an answer. you said it was a spontaneous attack in response to a video. don't act like that didn't have a cost. every jihady in the world knows not only who he is but where he lived. i'm asking to explain not why they did not have the answers, but why they did. >> that makes sense but you can't expect to have all the answers in just a matter of moments. >> i don't think i said that. >> okay. all right, go ahead, l.z. >> don, if i will, i don't see how you can't look at the situation and see both parties are hugely at fault. president obama, his administration, they needed to be more thoughtful in how they actually addressed this issue, addressed this tragedy. but we cannot pretend as if romney, whose trace, future administration, called foreign policy a distraction, who on video said that he didn't care and was going to kick this ball down the road, we can't pretend all of a sudden his excitement about
i'm demanding you tell me, obama administration, jay carney, susan rice, why you tell me you did have an affirmative answer. you didn't tell me you don't know. you told me you did have an answer. you said it was a spontaneous attack in response to a video. don't act like that didn't have a cost. every jihady in the world knows not only who he is but where he lived. i'm asking to explain not why they did not have the answers, but why they did. >> that makes sense but you can't expect to...
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i really think rather than point responsibility for this at the obama administration, we ought to be a asking the libyan government to do more. >> heck, yeah. this is a government that we facilitated to say the very least. ambassador burns, thank you. i do appreciate your insight. >> this is going to be a huge topic of discussion more than likely on monday's final presidential debate. 7:00 eastern we're going to start our coverage on monday night. this debate is in boca raton on monday night. again, the final presidential debate. made for people with diabetes. that's why there's glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have six grams of sugars. with fifteen grams of protein to help manage hunger... look who's getting smart about her weight. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. [ male announcer ] glucerna hunger smart. anncr: every president inherits few have faced so many. four years later... our enemies have been brought to justice. our heroes
i really think rather than point responsibility for this at the obama administration, we ought to be a asking the libyan government to do more. >> heck, yeah. this is a government that we facilitated to say the very least. ambassador burns, thank you. i do appreciate your insight. >> this is going to be a huge topic of discussion more than likely on monday's final presidential debate. 7:00 eastern we're going to start our coverage on monday night. this debate is in boca raton on...
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was that appropriate right in the middle of the crisis in >> on that same day, the obama administration had the exact same position. let's recall, they disavowed their own statement they put out early in the day in cairo. it's never too early to speak out for our values. we should have spoken out right away when the green revolution was starting, when the mullas in iran war attacking their people. we should not have called assad a reformer when he was turning russian provided guns on his own people. we should always stand up for peace, democracy and individual rights and not be imposing these devastating defense cuts. because what that does, when we show -- when we look weak, our enemies are much more willing to test us. and our allies are -- >> with all due respect, that's a bunch of malarkey. >> why is that so? >> nothing he said is accurate. >> be specific. >> i will be very specific. number one, this lecture on embassy security. the congressman here cut embassy security in his budget by $300 million below what we asked for. number one. so much for the embassy security piece. number
was that appropriate right in the middle of the crisis in >> on that same day, the obama administration had the exact same position. let's recall, they disavowed their own statement they put out early in the day in cairo. it's never too early to speak out for our values. we should have spoken out right away when the green revolution was starting, when the mullas in iran war attacking their people. we should not have called assad a reformer when he was turning russian provided guns on his...
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so we in the state department and the obama administration are certainly the first to say that the process of reform must continue. political prisoners remain in detention, ongoing ethnic and sectarian violence continues to undermine progress toward national reconciliation, stability and lasting peace. some military contacts with north korea persist. and further reforms are required to strengthen the rule of law, increase transparency, address constitutional challenges. >> u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton there speaking about myanmar, or burma, as it's known by some. there have been many reforms in recent months. she's saying there there needs to be more done by the regime in the capital of myanmar, the parliament meeting there, they've had elections, there have been prisoner releases, 500 or so prisoners released this week in are positive signs. freed from 15 years of house arrest back in 2010 and this is now the start of what is going to be an 18-day trip to the united states. she is going to be busy. almost 100 events while here, speaking with refugees from her own country. >>> l
so we in the state department and the obama administration are certainly the first to say that the process of reform must continue. political prisoners remain in detention, ongoing ethnic and sectarian violence continues to undermine progress toward national reconciliation, stability and lasting peace. some military contacts with north korea persist. and further reforms are required to strengthen the rule of law, increase transparency, address constitutional challenges. >> u.s. secretary...
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it is not like the obama administration isn't aware. >> of course. they read the papers, too, and they have also said that they have shared in some of these briefings some of the scenarios that have happened. but they have been very clear. and i believe them on this that in none of that has there been an authorized leak of classified information. and i think that is key. i agree with will that this is always the balance of a robust democracy where you balance the people's right to know about what their government is doing along with the national security interests. i think that that is always a healthy debate to have. i would like to point out that the reporters themselves have said that none of this information has come from either the white house or top democratic officials. a lot of it has been because of the worm actually went public. we have to be clear about what has been said and leaked and where there are questions we should ask those questions. >> there is an article this morning defending itself against dianne feinstein's charges. i'm going
it is not like the obama administration isn't aware. >> of course. they read the papers, too, and they have also said that they have shared in some of these briefings some of the scenarios that have happened. but they have been very clear. and i believe them on this that in none of that has there been an authorized leak of classified information. and i think that is key. i agree with will that this is always the balance of a robust democracy where you balance the people's right to know...
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and, in fact, the obama administration has declared public safety as a top priority, and you can see that because we have increased funding for public safety by 30%, with the leadership of the president and the support of the united states congress. so we're paying attention to this issue and making progress. and we'll do that, we'll continue to do that, even at wind river. >> still a long way to go, at wind river. larry echohawk, appreciate your time. thanks. >> thank you. >>> well, the calls are growing for newt gingrich t drop out of the presidential race, but the former speaker has a, well, not so subtle message for the naysayers. >> i'm still here and we're going come back again. >> coming up, if gingrich stays in the race through super tuesday, is mitt romney guaranteed the nomination? that's fair game, coming up next. progressive online learning environment. we have something called phoenix connect that allows students to have a social network. you can post discussion questions. we have more than twenty thousand faculty members, chances are one of them is online when you need
and, in fact, the obama administration has declared public safety as a top priority, and you can see that because we have increased funding for public safety by 30%, with the leadership of the president and the support of the united states congress. so we're paying attention to this issue and making progress. and we'll do that, we'll continue to do that, even at wind river. >> still a long way to go, at wind river. larry echohawk, appreciate your time. thanks. >> thank you....
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and, you know, i guess if you want the find out what the obama administration thinks, essentially, they think that even if you have all of these preparatory steps the political cision, the final political decision to create a bomb has no aeen made by the iranians and so at this point e admistration would argue you watch them ver closely. you do what you can, you inspect. you use intelligence but you don't hit them before that decision is made. before they get to what is called the breakout capacity. it's quite different and you're seeing, you know, the prime minister making that very clear. >> very clear. as you point out. with that red magic marker. jill dougherty, thank you. i want to bring in richard roth who covers the united nations for us. richard, is this the colin powell moment? is this the case for war against iran? >> well, netanyahu has said things like this but never in such dramatic fashion on the world stage. he's an experienced user of the media. he knows his speech is being tevise we saw the prop there you were talking about w dougherty. he is raisine stakes on the u.s.
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today obama administration continues to protect seniors to ensure it will be there for generations. fair game fact check. what do you think of the new additions to the bios. maria? >> i think they are totally fair. it's so interesting to me this has caused outrage in the conservative twitterer and blogosphere. i wrote about faux anger on the gop and conservatives and this exactly makes my point. i don't understand what they are so angry about. it's not like the white house went in and actually altered historical biography of presidents. it's on the white house website. the white house website is there to promote the president's policies, to educate what it is the president is doing for the american people. it's funny conservatives are accusing obama from wanting to distract from his record. what about this this distraction. i don't blame them for not wanting to talk about romney's failed record at bane and creating jobs. i guess this is politics as usual. >> fair game, dana? >> speaking of bame, decisions made by the top bungler. republicans wouldn't have a problem with this if it w
today obama administration continues to protect seniors to ensure it will be there for generations. fair game fact check. what do you think of the new additions to the bios. maria? >> i think they are totally fair. it's so interesting to me this has caused outrage in the conservative twitterer and blogosphere. i wrote about faux anger on the gop and conservatives and this exactly makes my point. i don't understand what they are so angry about. it's not like the white house went in and...
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this administration, president obama, sent our u.s. ambassador back to syria when violence was starting for the first time in five years we had a u.s. ambassador in damascus and he pulled the u.s. ambassador whack, about four months later, and he sent the u.s. ambassador back to damascus only to pull him back six weeks later. this start and stop policy sends mixed signals to everybody in the middle east. we don't have a credible threat. we don't have a policy of strength. we're showing the world weakness. that's why we're seeing on 9/11 our embassies being attacked and americans are less safe. the media, they still want to talk about whether or not mitt romney spoke too soon when president obama waited 15 hours before he started talking about the violence. >> unfortunately i have to wrap it up. thank you so much for being with us this morning. we appreciate it. >> thanks, carol. >>> just 50-days until the presidential election and new reports of big problems inside the romney campaign. is it really in chaos, though? we'll talk to mike
this administration, president obama, sent our u.s. ambassador back to syria when violence was starting for the first time in five years we had a u.s. ambassador in damascus and he pulled the u.s. ambassador whack, about four months later, and he sent the u.s. ambassador back to damascus only to pull him back six weeks later. this start and stop policy sends mixed signals to everybody in the middle east. we don't have a credible threat. we don't have a policy of strength. we're showing the...
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administration has loosened work requirements in welfare reform that was passed under president clinton. the white house said that's not true. the campaigns have been going back and forth on this issue over the last 24 hours with some tough ads, some tough responses coming from the obama campaign. but i have to tell you, it's interesting that we are in illinois and some people have been asking the question, why would the romney campaign even bother coming to illinois? i talked to a senior romney strategist kevin madden about that. they said they are not going to waste an opportunity delivering what they call their message the day that is on this issue of welfare reform. he also worked in a few digs in on the economy and here is a bit of what he had to say just a few moments ago. >> the president's solution for all of these problems? is to do more of the same. he wants another stimulus. the last one didn't work. the next one won't either. mr. president obama is simply out of ideas, he is out of excuses, and illinois needs to help me make sure that in november, we put him out of office. >
administration has loosened work requirements in welfare reform that was passed under president clinton. the white house said that's not true. the campaigns have been going back and forth on this issue over the last 24 hours with some tough ads, some tough responses coming from the obama campaign. but i have to tell you, it's interesting that we are in illinois and some people have been asking the question, why would the romney campaign even bother coming to illinois? i talked to a senior...
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a tepid and unfortunate recovery says presidential candidate mitt romney blaming the obama administration for a litany of what he believes are big complaints as to how it pertains to how the administration has e responded to or taken the lead on trade, energy and oil and the deficit. we will continue to watch mitt romney right there in washington, d.c. at the business round table quarterly meeting. >>> all right. looking overseas now to syria. 15 months of fighting and low-end estimates of 12,000 people dead, and i'm talking about syrians killing syrians. rebels on one side, and the syrian military on the other, and since it started the opposition uprising and the government's violent crackdown has been called a, quote, armed conflict or a struggle. today things are different. for the first time in 15 months a senior united nations official declares that what is happening in syria is a full-scale civil war. i want to talk about this with rima, who is watching the odevelopments from abu dhabi and conflict and civil war and what is the difference what it is being called but the bottom line
a tepid and unfortunate recovery says presidential candidate mitt romney blaming the obama administration for a litany of what he believes are big complaints as to how it pertains to how the administration has e responded to or taken the lead on trade, energy and oil and the deficit. we will continue to watch mitt romney right there in washington, d.c. at the business round table quarterly meeting. >>> all right. looking overseas now to syria. 15 months of fighting and low-end...
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administration that the government of president bashar al assad is getting some sweet help from iran. these are tough words to hear. our barbara starr from the opponent gone joins us with the very latest. this is the heck of an accusation that there are iranian boots on the ground in syria training people. >> well, actually the secretary of defense isn't pulling any doubts or punches about all of this. the u.s. now believes, according to him, that iranian trainers, forces if you will are inside syria on the ground. i want to take you right to panetta and what he's saying about all of this. >> it is obvious to both general dempsey and i that iran is playing a larger role in syria in many ways not only in terms of rogc but in terms of assistance, training. there's now indication that they're trying to develop or trying to train a militia within syria, to be able to fight on behalf of the regime. >> much of the same thyme iran tried back with the war in iraq. training the regime forces. why are they doing it, ashleigh? the pentagon believes it's an indicator that bashir al assad's force
administration that the government of president bashar al assad is getting some sweet help from iran. these are tough words to hear. our barbara starr from the opponent gone joins us with the very latest. this is the heck of an accusation that there are iranian boots on the ground in syria training people. >> well, actually the secretary of defense isn't pulling any doubts or punches about all of this. the u.s. now believes, according to him, that iranian trainers, forces if you will are...
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mitt romney blasts obama's approach. >> under my administration, our friends will see more loyalty and mr. putin -- >> reporter: he will ditch obama's reset button. russia, he says, is -- >> without question our number one geopolitical foe. >> reporter: romney vows to re-evaluate that arms control treaty and to confront the kremlin on its human rights record, but would mitt romney substantially change u.s. policy toward russia or china? four years ago barack obama took a harder line too. once in office, he tempered that with diplomatic calculus. right now moscow and china oppose u.s. efforts to remove bashar al assad in syria, but washington needs their help on other challenges like iran and north korea. debates over russia and china often are black and white, but seen from inside the white house, there's a lot more gray. jill dougherty, cnn, the state department. >>> for people living inside syria's capital, life continues on even with the sound of explosions in the distance. you've been busy for a dead man. after you jumped ship in bangkok, i thought i'd lost you. >>> surfing is my l
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here's what he said about prenatal testing and the obama administration's health care plan. >> one of the mandates is they require prenatal testing in every insurance policy in america. why? because it saves money in health care. why? because free prenatal testing ends up in more abortions and therefore less care that has to be done. >> jim acosta is at the political desk in washington. jim, a lot of people are reacting to that. i understand that santorum is not backing down from what he said. >> he's not. >> tell us about his position, how he basically defends this and how the obama camp is reacting. >> yeah, it's very interesting, suzanne, to listen to rick santorum bring out these social issues because they haven't been really at the forefront of his campaign. they certainly have been in the the forefront of his political year but not his campaign and he was asked about those comments on cbs' face the nation. his position is that prenatal care leads to more abortions. meaning that when expectant anothers go in and get prenatal testing, in cases where fetal abnormalities are detecte
here's what he said about prenatal testing and the obama administration's health care plan. >> one of the mandates is they require prenatal testing in every insurance policy in america. why? because it saves money in health care. why? because free prenatal testing ends up in more abortions and therefore less care that has to be done. >> jim acosta is at the political desk in washington. jim, a lot of people are reacting to that. i understand that santorum is not backing down from...
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this issue is an issue for later in 2013 or maybe even in the second year of an obama administration, because the prospects of making it work now, michael, are slim to none. >> and so it goes on when it comes to israeli palestinian conflict. thanks so much. good to get your thoughts. aaron david miller from the woodrow wilson international center. good to chat with you. >>> the u.s. has fought a hard battle against terrorism over the years and its primary opponent has been recently al qaeda. now we are learning more about the activities of one of its affiliates, a dangerous one in yemen. we'll have a live report. do stay with us. you won't take my life. you won't take our future. aids affects us all. even babies. chevron is working to stop mother-to-child transmission. our employees and their families are part of the fight. and we're winning. at chevron nigeria, we haven't had a reported case in 12 years. aids is strong. aids is strong. but we are stronger. and aids... ♪ aids is going to lose. aids is going to lose. ♪ aids is going to lose. well that was uncalled for.se. folks who
this issue is an issue for later in 2013 or maybe even in the second year of an obama administration, because the prospects of making it work now, michael, are slim to none. >> and so it goes on when it comes to israeli palestinian conflict. thanks so much. good to get your thoughts. aaron david miller from the woodrow wilson international center. good to chat with you. >>> the u.s. has fought a hard battle against terrorism over the years and its primary opponent has been...
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know and what did president obama know, what did joe biden know about that attack and also the calls for extra security by some of the folks, including i understand the ambassador we think had asked for that as well. he expect that will be on the table, but the number one issue, though, michael, will be the economy here at this debate tomorrow night. >> you know, both men no public appearanced today. not surprising. they're doing a lot of practicing again. let's go back to the previous debate. everyone is saying now that president obama must be a little more aggressive. i don't know if that's the right word. there's always the worry that he could go overboard. it was funny that vice president biden, everyone said that that's what he needed to do against paul ryan in the vp debate and then was criticized for doing just that. it's a difficult balancing being, isn't it? >> it is. it will be a tight rope for the president to walk tomorrow. a town hall style debate. can you go on the offensive? i'm quoting. it's going basically toe to toe with krur opponent. you are asking the questions p
know and what did president obama know, what did joe biden know about that attack and also the calls for extra security by some of the folks, including i understand the ambassador we think had asked for that as well. he expect that will be on the table, but the number one issue, though, michael, will be the economy here at this debate tomorrow night. >> you know, both men no public appearanced today. not surprising. they're doing a lot of practicing again. let's go back to the previous...
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. >> there are many people thinking that the obama administration in the first at least kept this whole issue at arm's length, but certainly getting involved no. reza sayah in cairo, we'll get back to you. >> they make this their job so get -- humanitarian group offices was just hit. we're going to tell you what it means for the people struggling to survive in the middle of this crisis. er ] this december, remember -- ♪ you can stay in and like something... ♪ [ car alarm deactivates ] ♪ ...or you can get out there with your family and actually like something. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on, offering some of our best values of the year. this is the pursuit of perfection. no, after you. oh, after you. no, after you. [ male announcer ] black friday will never be the same. with our 1-hour in stock guarantee, get here between 10 and 11, and you're guaranteed to get these electronic gifts in time for christmas. the first and only place to go on black friday. walmart. so i brought it to mike at meineke. we gave her car a free road handling check. i like free. free i
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. >> the obama administration is facing serious questions whether the deaths of the four men could have been prevented because of ongoing security concerns. the state department official says the u.s. is drawing down its staff and embassy in libya's capit capital. >>> we just got word mitt romney will have a phone call conversation with benjamin netanyahu and so will president obama. it comes two days after president obama stood before the united nations and warned against a nuclear iran. yesterday, netanyahu underscored iran having a nuclear bomb and shrugged off. he said the world may be months away from the point of no return. >> where should a red line be drawn? a red line should be drawn right here. befo before, before iran completes the second stage of nuclear enrichment necessary to make a bomb. before iran gets to a point where it's a few months away or a few weeks away from amassing enough enriched uranium from making a nuclear weapon. >> mahmoud ahmadinejad accused israel of carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing. netanyahu fired back saying the state hood of palestinians
. >> the obama administration is facing serious questions whether the deaths of the four men could have been prevented because of ongoing security concerns. the state department official says the u.s. is drawing down its staff and embassy in libya's capit capital. >>> we just got word mitt romney will have a phone call conversation with benjamin netanyahu and so will president obama. it comes two days after president obama stood before the united nations and warned against a...
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. >>> the supreme court's ruling for health care for the obama administration. what effect will it have on the president's reelection efforts? you wrote a great piece about what a second term could look like for president obama. let's talk about this election. do you think this election becomes another fight over health care reform or do we put that behind us? >> you know i'm skeptical that health care remains front and center in the election for the following reason. i think it should because at this cornerstone of romney's policy proposals right now he said on his first day he would repeal obama care. in terms of issues in this election it should be important. i don't think either candidate has the incentive to make it front and center. this health care plan has never been wildly popular. i doubt he will start running on it even though it now has the sort of stamp of approval of the supreme court. and for romney his strategy this entire campaign has been make this election about obama's last few years and a referendum on the president and part of that is the u
. >>> the supreme court's ruling for health care for the obama administration. what effect will it have on the president's reelection efforts? you wrote a great piece about what a second term could look like for president obama. let's talk about this election. do you think this election becomes another fight over health care reform or do we put that behind us? >> you know i'm skeptical that health care remains front and center in the election for the following reason. i think it...
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and for the obama administration, who promised to close guantanamo bay and move these trials to federal court, saturday was a reminder of that failure. chris lawrence, cnn, guantanamo bay, cuba. >>> france has elected a new president. and that could have economic consequences right here in the consequences right here in the u.s. the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be seen. experience life well lit, ask for transitions adaptive lenses. of all our different items in our festival of shrimp so we can describe them to our customers. [ male announcer ] red lobster's festival of shrimp starts now! for just $12.99, pair any two of 9 exciting shrimp creations like new barbeque glazed shrimp or crab stuffed shrimp. the crab-stuffed shrimp are awesome! [ woman ] very creamy. that's a keeper! [ woman ] shrimp skewer. [ woman #2 ] sweet, smoky. [ man ] delicious! [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] any combination just $12.99! [ woman ] so what are ya'lls favorites? [ group ] everything! [ laughter ] we're servers at red lobster. and we sea food differently. >>> back t
and for the obama administration, who promised to close guantanamo bay and move these trials to federal court, saturday was a reminder of that failure. chris lawrence, cnn, guantanamo bay, cuba. >>> france has elected a new president. and that could have economic consequences right here in the consequences right here in the u.s. the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it's meant to be seen. experience life well lit, ask for transitions adaptive lenses. of all our...
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the obama administration has concerns about the human rights situation in cambodia today. it doesn't rise to the level of past atrocities, but when president obama met with the prime minister of this country here, he pressed him to hold free and fair elections and to release political prisoners. and while cambodian officials say the situation is being exaggerated, the president warned that lack of reforms would be an impediment to a deeper relationship with the u.s. dan lothian, cnn, phnom penh. >>> the fighting irish are back on top poised to play for a national title. but another storied football program is wrapping up what was a most difficult season. ♪ you can stay in and like something... ♪ [ car alarm deactivates ] ♪ ...or you can get out there with your family and actually like something. ♪ the lexus december to remember sales event is on, offering some of our best values of the year. this is the pursuit of perfection. anne's tablet called my phone. anne's tablet was chatting with a tablet in sydney... a desktop in zurich... and a telepresence room in brazil
the obama administration has concerns about the human rights situation in cambodia today. it doesn't rise to the level of past atrocities, but when president obama met with the prime minister of this country here, he pressed him to hold free and fair elections and to release political prisoners. and while cambodian officials say the situation is being exaggerated, the president warned that lack of reforms would be an impediment to a deeper relationship with the u.s. dan lothian, cnn, phnom...